Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 40
Food unfit for human consumption
| Bacon | 3.462½ lbs. | Apricot pulp | 2 cwt. 46 lbs. |
| Beefex | 3 | ||
| Cooked | 91½ lbs. | Chicken pie | |
| Tinned | 4,836 lbs. | Cakes | 14 |
| Raw | 3.1574½ lbs. | Chocolates | 69 lbs. |
| Cocoa | ½ lb. | ||
| Cordial | 5 bottles | ||
| Cream | 127 tins | ||
| Tinned | 942 tins | Creamed rice | 5 tins |
| Custard powder | 4 pkts. | ||
| Raw | 463 lbs. | Frozen fish fingers | 35½ lbs. |
| Frozen peas and beans | 59½ lbs. | ||
| Fruit juice | 112 tins | ||
| Tinned | 4.278 tins | Honey | 4 lbs. |
| Ice cream | 82 pkts. | ||
| Raw | — | Jellies | 6 pkts. |
| Lemon pie filler | 6 lbs. | ||
| Lemonade crystals | 7 tins | ||
| Tinned | 9.145 tins | Meat pies | 9 |
| Raw | Processed coffee | 1 tin | |
| Salad cream | 84 bottles | ||
| Bread, flour, cereals, etc. | 89½ lbs. | Sausages | 67½ lbs. |
| Preserves | 391 lbs. | Soup (tins) | 775 |
| Soup (pkts.) | 12 | ||
| Cheese | 25¾ lbs. | Syrup | 1 tin |
| Tinned milk | 2,562 tins | Tomato pulp | 5 tons, 15 cwt. 99 lbs. |
Table 41
Types of food premises
| Baker | 30 |
| Bread and confectionery | 35 |
| Dairy | 3 |
| Butcher | 120 |
| Grocer and general store | 337 |
| Fishmonger and fish fryer | 47 |
| Cafe and restaurant | 144 |
| Greengrocer and fruiterer | 126 |
| Ice cream and sweet shop | 219 |
| Food stall | 10 |
| Public house | 40 |
| Works canteen | 113 |
| School canteen | 15 |
| Food factory | 7 |
| Other food premises | 31 |
| Total | 1,277 |
| Inspections | 2,962 |
| Revisits | 1,686 |
| Total | 4,648 |
Table 42 Improvements in food premises
| Premises unsatisfactory on 31.12.56 | 130 |
| Unsatisfactory during the year | 466 |
| Premises made satisfactory during the year | 537 |
| Unsatisfactory on 31.12.57 | 59 |